by griefcenterweb | Jan 27, 2026 | Death of a Parent, Death of a Partner, Exploring Loss, Grief, and the Odyssey Toward Self-Renovation, Grieving Adults
by David Fireman, LCSW When I think about grief in my work as a psychotherapist and social worker I sometimes return to the ideas of Colin Murray Parkes. His way of understanding loss feels grounded in what I see every day with clients. He does not treat grief as...
by griefcenterweb | Sep 24, 2025 | Articles, Death of a Parent, Death of a Partner, Death of a Sibling, Grief in the Workplace, Grieving Adults, Grieving After a Miscarriage or Still Birth, Grieving Children, Psychotherapy and Counseling, Resources, Self Care, When Someone Dies by Suicide
As part of our nonprofit status we’re constantly searching for and providing relevant and updated resources for our readership. Here is an excellent Chicagoland Counseling Resource list. The list below includes organizations that accept Medicaid. Highlighted (*** and...
by griefcenterweb | Feb 6, 2025 | Articles, Death of a Parent, Death of a Partner, Death of a Sibling, Exploring Loss, Grief, and the Odyssey Toward Self-Renovation, Grieving Adults, Grieving Children, Resources
By David Fireman Grief is one of life’s most complex emotional experiences, which profoundly shapes our understanding of love, loss, survival, and recovery. It is often discussed through the lens of stage models, which attempt to describe the psychological and...
by griefcenterweb | Oct 24, 2022 | Articles, Communal Grief, Death of a Parent, Death of a Partner, Death of a Sibling, Grief in the Workplace, Grieving Adults, Grieving After a Miscarriage or Still Birth, Grieving and the Holidays, Grieving Children, Helpful Books, Notes from the Center, Resources, Self Care, Suicide and Overdose, When Someone Dies by Suicide
Personal Grief Rituals presents a new model for how bereaved individuals can create unique expressions of mourning that are tailored to their psychological needs and grounded in memories and emotions specific to the relationship they lost. This book examines cultures...
by griefcenterweb | Dec 27, 2021 | Articles, Communal Grief, Death of a Parent, Death of a Partner, Death of a Sibling, Grieving Adults, Grieving Children, Resources, Self Care
To witness is to protect and preserve experience from being denied out of existence. As mourners we go through phases of protest, not the least of which is the fight to not have our grief taken away from us. Back in September, 2020 when the total number estimated...
by griefcenterweb | Sep 6, 2019 | Articles, Death of a Partner, Death of a Sibling, Grieving Adults, Grieving Children, Resources, Self Care
by David Fireman, LCSW The anguish of grief takes its own course and demands an unknown schedule. For a time we are dominated by its waves as they crash through us, sometimes in the most unexpected ways. Our reflex is to fortify and resist. It’s actually only...
